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Founding

Introduction

The founding of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall be at the impetus solely of the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, and shall proceed as follows:

Founding History

Section 1.1.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs was established:

1.1.1. Founding Entity
in 2022 by its sole Founder, Member, Owner, and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku;
1.1.2. Founding Entities
as part of ongoing work he has carried out for over three decades, leading also to his founding of The Ikoku Charitable Trusts, The Ikoku Foundations, The Ikoku University, The Ikoku Group, Publiks Inc, and Humana Sancta;
1.1.3. Founding Fulfillments
with the understanding that, where appropriate and authorized solely by the Founder, these distinct and independent entities will endeavor to coordinate efforts toward the fulfillment of their respective missions and purposes.

Founding Concerns

Section 1.2.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs was also founded and developed in response to the concerns below:

1.2.1. Concern for Care
the Founder’s longstanding concern for issues pertaining to care;
1.2.2. Concern for Creativity
the Founder’s longstanding concern for practices, problems, and products of creativity;
1.2.3. Concern for Community
the Founder’s longstanding concern for communities, both local and global in nature, within Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia, and Europe, and their ethical and humane coexistence;*
1.2.4. Concern for Ethics
the Founder’s longstanding concern for issues pertaining to ethics;*
1.2.5. Concern for Humanity
the Founder’s longstanding concern for the human and humane;*
1.2.6. Concern for Indifference
the Founder’s longstanding concern for issues pertaining to difference and indifference;*
1.2.7. Concern for Spirituality
the Founder’s longstanding concern for spirituality and the spiritual nature of humans;*
1.2.8. Concern for Vulnerability
the Founder’s longstanding concern for issues pertaining to vulnerable populations.*
1.2.9. *Note on Coexistence
with the understanding that ethical and humane coexistence shall be taken as occurring only when such communities have as high priorities (a) the advancement in developing or low-income regions, especially in Africa, also Americas and Asia, conditions for private and public life, society, utilities, and other works of a globally equitable, ethical and humane standard; (b) the attainment in Africa, also Americas and Asia, of a political union as integrated, rights protective, stabilizing and unifying as the European Union; and (c) the equal, full and substantive enjoyment of civil liberties and rights by each and every person in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia, and Europe;
1.2.10. *Note on Ethics
with the understanding that concern for ethics and the ethical shall be taken as attended to or fulfilled only when persons and polities engage in conduct, service, and relations that fulfill the most protective, respectful and strict interpretations of the Hippocratic Oath, the Nuremberg Code of 1947, the Belmont Report of 1978, the Declaration of Helsinki of 1964 (with revisions), the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights of 2005, as well as the most protective law and regulation for confidentiality and privacy (e.g. France, Germany), regardless of jurisdiction for their official acts and activities;
1.2.11. *Note on Humanity
with the understanding that concern for the human and humane shall be taken as attended to or fulfilled only when persons and polities protect against and prevent de- and subhumanizing conduct and resulting inhuman and inhumane treatment, particularly that which the Founder was subjected to before and during the formation of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, often entailing persistent, pervasive and profound violations of the confidentiality and privacy, freedom and liberty, independence and integrity, and, ultimately, sanctity of his being, body, and brain, as well as self, soul, and spirit, further delineated in the Inhumane Conduct section below;
1.2.12. *Note on Difference
with the understanding that concern for difference and indifference shall be taken as attended to or fulfilled only when persons and polities protect against and prevent their use as means for eliciting active and passive support for inhuman and inhumane conduct and treatment of others;
1.2.13. *Note on Spirituality
with the understanding that concern for spirituality and the spiritual nature of humans shall be taken as attended to or fulfilled only when persons and polities account for the difficulties, even failures of prevailing forms of civil, communal, educational, legal, political, professional, religious and social relations to adequately provide a meaningful moral, ethical and spiritual basis for a good life in contemporary society, entailing basic human and humane coexistence, equal and full recognition and respect of common humanity, and spiritual equanimity for self and others;
1.2.14. *Note on Vulnerability
with the understanding that concern for vulnerable populations shall be taken as attended to or fulfilled only when persons and polities protect against and prevent inhuman and inhumane treatment of groups and individuals that arise from majoritarian decision-making, interests, social structures, values, and views within a given community, institution, or polity.

Founding Mission

Section 1.3.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs’s founding mission and purposes shall therefore be:

1.3.1. To Foster
to foster foreign, global and international affairs, interest, knowledge, and policy concerned with Africa, its global diasporas, and common and coexisting societies of enduring concern to the Founder;
1.3.2. To Serve
to serve a range of communities touched by the Founder, including through disciplines in which he has trained and practiced;
1.3.3. To Fulfill
to fulfill its mission and purposes as a faith-aligned organization entity, abiding by the basic principles and practices of the Humana Sancta Faith (the “Humana Faith” and “Sancthumanism”);
1.3.4. To Succeed
and to succeed in developing an organization entity — as well as communities — where the aforementioned inhuman and inhumane conduct and treatment are considered incompatible with their principles and values as well as basic civility, decency, dignity and society, and so do not become or remain the means for any act or activity, benefit or good, product or service, mission or purpose.
Globe Against Black Background
World in Space (Simone Busatto)

Focus

Provision

The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs’s further establishment shall also be focused and limited as follows:

Activities and Administration

Section 1.5.0. All acts, activities, affairs, agents, arrangements, assets, and equivalent of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall be administered solely via the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, and solely via the Founder’s authorization, as provided for in the Codes and Policies, and thus focused to ensure their alignment with and furtherance of the mission and purposes of the organization. Accordingly, The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs’s administration shall be conducted solely via means limited by the organization’s entity status as:

1.5.1. Faith-Aligned
a faith-aligned organization;
1.5.2. For-Profit
a for-profit organization;
1.5.3. Independent
an independent organization;
1.5.4. Non-Governmental
a non-governmental organization;
1.5.5. Non-Political, -Partisan
a non-political and non-partisan organization;
1.5.6. Non-Public, Private
a non-public and private organization;
1.5.7. Single-Interestholder
a single interest-, share-, stake- and stock-holder organization, whose interests shall be wholly held and owned by its sole Member, Owner, and Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku;
1.5.8. Single-Member
a single-member organization, wholly owned by its sole Member and Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

Areas and Efforts

Section 1.6.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall administer its operations via six (6) areas of focus:

1.6.1. Africa | Diaspora
Africa | Diaspora
1.6.2. Americas | Diaspora
Americas | Diaspora
1.6.3. Asia | Diaspora
Asia | Diaspora
1.6.4. Australasia | Diaspora
Australasia | Diaspora
1.6.5. Europe | Diaspora
Europe | Diaspora
1.6.6. Global | Communities
Global | Communities

Faith and Spirituality

Section 1.7.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs’s faith-based commitments shall be focused as follows:

1.7.1. Humana Faith
that none of its acts, activities, agents, arrangements, or equivalent shall in any way come in conflict with the Humana Sancta Faith (the “Humana Faith” and “Sancthumanism”) as such faith shall be administered, defined and interpreted solely by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, serving also as sole Founder and Presiding Officer of <a href=”https://humanasancta.org/”>Humana Sancta</a>;
1.7.2. Sanctity of Human
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall align with a belief in the sanctity of human beings as described below;
1.7.2.1. Sanctity of Human, As-Is
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall align with a belief in the sanctity of each human being as-is;
1.7.2.2. Sanctity of Human, Body
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall align with a belief that the sanctity of each human’s inner being, brain, and body — as well as attendant rights to such — are inalienable, sacrosanct and thus absolute;
1.7.2.3. Sanctity of Human, Mind
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall align with a belief that the sanctity of each human’s mind, including faculties and functions, whether conducted in silence or voiced in solitude — and attendant rights to such — are inalienable, sacrosanct and thus absolute;
1.7.2.4. Sanctity of Human, Spirit
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall align with a belief that the sanctity of each human’s inner self, soul, and spirit — as well as attendant rights to such — are inalienable, sacrosanct and thus absolute;
1.7.2.5. Sanctity of Human, Will
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall align with a belief that the sanctity of each human’s will as to one’s own consciousness, conscience, consent, as well as person — and attendant rights to such — are inalienable, sacrosanct and thus to be fully respected;
1.7.3. Sanctity of Protection
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall include a faith-based understanding that the aforementioned sanctities entail beliefs in and rights to their centrality and unity, confidentiality and privacy, freedom and liberty, independence and integrity, and safety and security; and a faith-based commitment to protect against any infringement of these beliefs, rights, and sanctities, as well as against any diminishment of a human’s humanness, humaneness, or humanity, or status and treatment as an equal and full human being as-is;
1.7.4. Sanctity of Provision
that such non-conflict with the Humana Faith shall include a faith-based commitment to provide for the aforementioned beliefs and rights, resulting in their highest possible level of spiritual and substantive enjoyment, for the Founder and every follower of Humana Sancta, worthy of the respect their humanity requires.

Incompatibility with Founding

Section 1.8.0. The activities, agents, and arrangements of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall therefore be focused and limited via determinations of incompatibility with the organization, as delineated below:

1.8.1. Above, Notwithstanding Proviso
firstly, above and notwithstanding any provision of applicable law or regulation, the Codes and Policies, or any equivalent founding or legal documents, no act, activity, agent, arrangement, or equivalent of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs may
1.8.1.1. Above, Notwithstanding, Infringement, Founding
effect, facilitate, or otherwise foster any infringement of the Founding of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or the Governance of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, as described in the Codes and Policies (respectively, the “Founding” and the “Governance”);
1.8.1.2. Above, Notwithstanding, Infringement, Faith
effect, facilitate, or otherwise foster any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments;
1.8.1.3. Above, Notwithstanding, Infringement, Policy
effect, facilitate, or otherwise foster any infringement of the Codes and Policies;
1.8.1.4. Above, Notwithstanding, Inhumane Conduct
effect, facilitate, or otherwise foster any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.1.5. Above, Notwithstanding Non-Preclusion
with the understanding that the lawfulness, perceived benefit, or equivalent consideration of a given act, activity, agent, arrangement, or equivalent does not preclude its incompatibility or its infringing, inhumane or equivalent nature in relation to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, which shall be determined solely by the Founder;
1.8.2. Adjudication, Incompatibility
thus, secondly, any such infringing or inhumane activity, agent, or arrangement — as well as any advantage, benefit, information, or property attributed to it — shall be adjudicated solely by the Founder as incompatible with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs itself as well as its founding, governance, and overall administration;
1.8.3. Determination, Incompatibility
thus, thirdly, each activity, agent, and arrangement relating to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall be subject to determinations of incompatibility further delineated below, namely,
1.8.3.1. Determination, Incompatibility, Activities
where the Founder determines that an act or activity effects, facilitates, or otherwise fosters any infringement of the Founding or Governance, any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments, any infringement of the Codes and Policies, or any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.3.2. Determination, Incompatibility, Agents
where the Founder determines that an agent effects, facilitates, or otherwise fosters any infringement of the Founding or Governance, any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments, any infringement of the Codes and Policies, or any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.3.3. Determination, Incompatibility, Arrangements
where the Founder determines that an arrangement effects, facilitates, or otherwise fosters any infringement of the Founding or Governance, any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments, any infringement of the Codes and Policies, or any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.3.4. Determination, Incompatibility, Persons, Natural
where the Founder determines that a natural person effects, facilitates, or otherwise fosters any infringement of the Founding or Governance, any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments, any infringement of the Codes and Policies, or any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.3.5. Determination, Example, Persons, Natural
as has been determined, among natural persons, in the cases of Eleanor Marie Brown (AB, Brown; JD, Yale) of Jamaica and the United States of America; Rafael Nadal Parera of Manacor, Mallorca, Spain; Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal; and Jeff Williams of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California, United States of America, as well as the agents of the aforementioned and analogous, identical or similar persons engaged in analogous, identical or similar conduct;
1.8.3.6. Determination, Incompatibility, Persons, Legal
where the Founder determines that a legal person effects, facilitates, or otherwise fosters any infringement of the Founding or Governance, any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments, any infringement of the Codes and Policies, or any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.3.7. Determination, Example, Persons, Legal
as has been determined, among legal persons, in the cases of Leland Stanford Jr University of Palo Alto, California, United States of America and The New York Times Company of New York City, New York, United States of America, as well as the agents of the aforementioned and analogous, identical or similar persons engaged in analogous, identical or similar conduct;
1.8.3.8. Determination, Incompatibility, Persons, Public
where the Founder determines that a government, political, public or state authority, entity, office, or person effects, facilitates, or otherwise fosters any infringement of the Founding or Governance, any infringement of the aforementioned faith-based commitments, any infringement of the Codes and Policies, or any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.8.3.9. Determination, Example, Persons, Public
as has been determined, among political persons, in the cases of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America; Former President Barack Hussein Obama (AB, Columbia; JD, Harvard) of Honolulu, Hawaii and Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; and the Democratic Party of San Francisco, of California, and of the United States of America, as well as the agents of the aforementioned and analogous, identical or similar persons engaged in analogous, identical or similar conduct;
1.8.4. Determination, Incompatible, Consequence
thus, fourthly, subsequent to the Founder’s determination of incompatibility, such activity, agent, arrangement, or person shall be deemed unauthorized and unqualified — entailing, where applicable, the revocation of any authorization or qualification — to be an activity, agent, arrangement, or person of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, in any capacity, especially that pertaining to decision-making, leadership, membership, stakeholding, or voting, and in any way as part of its administration, or as a recipient of any assets, contract, funding, properties, support, work, or equivalent;
1.8.5. Incompatibility, Reporting, Informing Founder
and upon discovery by any person of any indication, instance, or possibility of incompatibility, such person shall directly report to and fully inform the Founder of such issues;
1.8.6. Incompatibility, Sole Adjudicator, Founder
with the understanding that the Founder shall be the sole person with powers to conduct inquiries, investigations, and other proceedings regarding such issues and make adjudications and determinations of compatibility or incompatibility, confirmed and executed only via the Founder’s authorization.

Inhumane Conduct

Section 1.9.0. The aforementioned inhumane conduct shall include the behaviors delineated below, properly understood to not only treat a person inhumanely but to also risk rendering the treater inhumane, and so they shall be absent from any and all acts, activities, agents, arrangements, and equivalent relating to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, and shall not be effected, facilitated or fostered in any way or via any manner, means, method, or mode, or to any degree:

1.9.1. Denial, Autonomy
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s autonomy, rights to autonomy, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful consent or decision-making for the self;
1.9.2. Denial, Confidentiality
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s confidentiality, rights to confidentiality, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for confidences or confidential acts, affairs, matters, relations, or services;
1.9.2.1. Denial, Confidentiality, Body
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s confidentiality of body and person, rights to confidentiality of body and person, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for being confidential or living confidentially, by or with oneself, with absolute confidentiality and thus without disclosure or dissemination;
1.9.2.2. Denial, Confidentiality, Mind
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s confidentiality of mind and thought, rights to confidentiality of mind and thought, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for cognizing or thinking confidentially, by, to or with oneself, with absolute confidentiality and thus without disclosure or dissemination.*
1.9.2.3. Denial, Confidentiality, Speech
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s confidentiality of conversation and speech, rights to confidentiality of conversation and speech, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for conversing or speaking confidentially, by, to or with oneself, with absolute confidentiality and thus without disclosure or dissemination;
1.9.3. Denial, Dignity
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s dignity, rights to dignity, or protections of such — via public debasement or degradation, social excoriation or stripping;
1.9.4. Denial, Equality
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s consideration, recognition, and treatment as equally and fully human, and so deserving of a fundamental reciprocity — to not do to that person what is not done simultaneously to each and every human being, or what would not be done to oneself or one’s most loved one;
1.9.5. Denial, Freedom
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s freedom, rights to freedom, or protections of such — via any means of de facto or de jure enslavement, forced labor, or indentured servitude;
1.9.5.1. Denial, Freedom, Body
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s freedom of body and person, rights to freedom of body and person, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for being free or living freely, by or with oneself, with absolute freedom and thus without coercion or constraint;
1.9.5.2. Denial, Freedom, Mind
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s freedom of mind and thought, rights to freedom of mind and thought, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for cognizing or thinking freely, by, to or with oneself, with absolute freedom and thus without coercion or constraint.*
1.9.5.3. Denial, Freedom, Speech
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s freedom of conversation and speech, rights to freedom of conversation and speech, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for conversing or speaking freely, by, to or with oneself, with absolute freedom and thus without coercion or constraint;
1.9.6. Denial, Liberty
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s liberty, rights to liberty, or protections of such — via any means of de facto or de jure disenfranchisement, arbitrary or undue imposition by a community or state;
1.9.6.1. Denial, Liberty, Body
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s liberty of body and person, rights to liberty of body and person, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for being libertied or living liberally, by or with oneself, with absolute liberty and thus without imposition or intrusion;
1.9.6.2. Denial, Liberty, Mind
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s liberty of mind and thought, rights to liberty of mind and thought, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for cognizing or thinking liberally, by, to or with oneself, with absolute liberty and thus without imposition or intrusion.*
1.9.6.3. Denial, Liberty, Speech
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s liberty of conversation and speech, rights to liberty of conversation and speech, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for conversing or speaking liberally, by, to or with oneself, with absolute liberty and thus without imposition or intrusion;
1.9.7. Denial, Privacy
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s privacy, rights to privacy, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for private life or private acts, affairs, matters, relations, or services;
1.9.7.1. Denial, Privacy, Body
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s privacy of body and person, rights to privacy of body and person, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for being private or living privately, by or with oneself, with absolute privacy and thus without detection or dissemination;
1.9.7.2. Denial, Privacy, Mind
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s privacy of mind and thought, rights to privacy of mind and thought, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for cognizing or thinking privately, by, to or with oneself, with absolute privacy and thus without detection or dissemination.*
1.9.7.3. Denial, Privacy, Speech
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s privacy of conversation and speech, rights to privacy of conversation and speech, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for conversing or speaking privately, by, to or with oneself, with absolute privacy and thus without detection or dissemination;
1.9.8. Denial, Private Property, Work
the denial or pervasive infringement of a human being’s private property or work, rights to private property or work, or protections of such — via the preclusion of meaningful opportunity or possibility for personal or private labor, office or work space, opportunity or pursuit, remuneration or value;
1.9.9. Exhibition, Exposure
the exhibition or exposure of a human being — via a totalizing regime that provides other persons, even the greater public, an unconsented surfeit of access and information regarding the human being, while systemically withholding basic, fundamental and necessary information from the human for ceasing any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct;
1.9.10. Experimentation, Testing
the experimentation, research, or testing on a human being — especially for any benefits or purposes or via any means or methods that are not fully informed or unconsented;
1.9.11. Extortion, Ransom
the extortion or ransom of a human being;
1.9.12. Harassment, Stalking
the persistent or pervasive harassment, stalking, or tracking of a human being;
1.9.13. Harm, Injuring
the insistent or persistent physical, physiological or psychological abuse, harm, or injury of a human being;
1.9.14. Human Use, Instrumentality
the instrumental use of a human being as means or medium for the ends of others;
1.9.15. Human Utility, Utilitarianism
the utilitarian use or utility of a human being for the greater good or the increased or maximal gain of a community, field, group, polity, public, society of persons, or state;
1.9.16. Indifference, Cruelty
the cruel or depravedly indifferent treatment of a human being — via maleficence, malfeasance, or malevolence meant to incur pain or suffering;
1.9.17. Isolation, Marginalization
the isolation or marginalization of a human being from humans — and vice versa — via any means of ostracizing or scapegoating, stigmatization or vilification;
1.9.18. Persecution, Prejudiced
the insistent or persistent persecution of a human being — for any aims or purposes or via any means or methods that are explicitly based on or motivated by bias, discrimination, prejudice, or equivalent;
1.9.19. Sporting, Toying
the sporting or toying with a human being — via any means of amusing or entertaining oneself, betting, chasing, competing, gambling, gaming, hunting, or racing against the unconsenting human;
1.9.20. Surveillance, Mind
the detection, dissemination, monitoring, policing, recording, reporting, surveillance, tracking, transmission, or equivalent of a human being’s thoughts and other activities, functions, and tasks of the brain and mind.*
1.9.21. Targeting, as Conditions
the targeting of a human being to make any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct a condition of advancement, affiliation, association, care, existence, learning, life, participation, research, service, support, training, wealth, work, or equivalent — especially where it is not such a condition for every other person;
1.9.22. Targeting, as Means
the targeting of a human being to make any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct a means for acquiring, disenfranchising, claiming, coercing, coopting, creating, intruding or participating in, sharing, stealing, taking over, usurping, or otherwise engaging in the administration, control, development, ownership, or equivalent of any asset, interest, property, share, stock, or equivalent of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, or any other entity, office, or person;
1.9.23. Totalitarianism, Incremental
the enabling of a community, entity, office, person, sector, or state to subject a human being to any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct, and thus instantiate incremental, often de facto forms of totalitarianism.*
1.9.24. Tyranny, Incremental
the enabling of a community, entity, office, person, sector, or state to choose, decide, or vote to subject a human being to any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct, and thus instantiate incremental, often de facto forms of tyranny.*
1.9.25. *Note on Brain, Mind
* with the understanding that protected activities, functions, and tasks of the brain and mind include, but are not limited to, those of cognition, communication, conscience, consciousness, dreaming, emotion, ideation, memory, perception, physiology, sensation, signaling, thought, and equivalent;
1.9.26. *Note on Totalitarianism
† with the understanding that totalitarianism develops where private or public infringement has become so pervasive, or totalizing, as to erase or override distinctions between personal, private, public and state, or render a human’s activities or affairs, being, body, or brain, self, soul, or spirit the domains, properties, utilities, or equivalent of others;
1.9.27. *Note on Tyranny
‡ with the understanding that tyranny develops where private or public governance, often via misleadingly evoking ‘we the people,’ has become so arbitrary as to revert to acting as an instance of extrajudicial or mob justice, that is, a government of peoples, not of laws (cf. John Adams, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville).

 

Intrinsic Refusals

Section 1.10.0. In light, therefore, of the aforementioned, incompatibility with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall entail the following basic refusals, each intrinsic to the basic humanity, humanness, and humaneness of each human being, including the Founder, and to the respect such humanity requires:

1.10.1. Basic Refusal, Inhumane Conduct
that The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs and the Founder shall resolutely refuse to give any agreement, assent, authorization, consent, license, permission, or equivalent — or to waive any attendant decisions or rights — and shall therefore overridingly not consent to and strictly prohibit any conduct, service, or relation with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or the Founder, or with data and information in any way related to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or Founder, that shall entail any of the aforementioned inhumane conduct, in any way, via any manner, means, method, or mode, to any degree, under any circumstances, for any period, or for any perceived benefit, end, goal, good, interest, mission, need, objective, purpose, reason, or equivalent;
1.10.2. Basic Refusal, Inner Being
that The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs and the Founder shall resolutely refuse to give any agreement, authorization, assent, consent, license, permission, or equivalent — or to waive any attendant decisions or rights — and shall therefore overridingly not consent to and strictly prohibit any conduct, service, or relation with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or the Founder, or with data and information in any way related to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or Founder, that shall entail any diminishment, infringement, or other violation of the inner being, body or brain, or self, soul, or spirit, or any equivalent of the Founder — or any human being — in any way, via any manner, means, method, or mode, to any degree, under any circumstances, for any period, or for any perceived benefit, end, goal, good, interest, mission, need, objective, purpose, reason, or equivalent;
1.10.3. Basic Refusal, Intrusive Access
that The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs and the Founder shall resolutely refuse to give any agreement, assent, authorization, consent, license, permission, or equivalent — or to waive any attendant decisions or rights — and shall therefore overridingly not consent to and strictly prohibit any conduct, service, or relation with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or the Founder, or with data and information in any way related to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or Founder, that shall entail any access to, entry or intrusion into, or recording or transmission of the administration of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or Founder, or any of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs’s or the Founder’s activities, affairs, agents, arrangements, assets, or any equivalent, in any way, via any manner, means, method, or mode, to any degree, under any circumstances, for any period, or for any perceived benefit, end, goal, good, interest, mission, need, objective, purpose, reason, or equivalent;
1.10.4. Basic Refusal, Specific to Founder
that The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs and the Founder shall resolutely refuse to give any agreement, assent, authorization, consent, license, permission, or equivalent — or to waive any attendant decisions or rights — and shall therefore overridingly not consent to and strictly prohibit any conduct, service, or relation with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or the Founder, or with data and information in any way related to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs or Founder, that shall entail behavior modification, manipulation, prediction, surveillance, or equivalent of the Founder, in any way, via any manner, means, method, or mode, to any degree, under any circumstances, for any period, or for any perceived benefit, end, goal, good, interest, mission, need, objective, purpose, reason, or equivalent;
1.10.5. Basic Refusals as Principle
that these four basic refusals — at once human and humane — shall together constitute a fundamental limiting and restricting principle, and wherever there is conflict or question, legally override and supersede any conflicting clause or interpretation of any alleged, assumed, construed, presumed or otherwise made or understood agreement, arrangement, article, assent, authorization, bylaw, choice, code, consent, contract, decision, guideline, law, license, order, permission, policy, principle, provision, regulation, right, term, vote, warrant, or equivalent.
World on Fabric (Jack Stapleton)

Form

Provision

The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs’s organizational form shall be as delineated below:

Formation

Section 1.12.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall be formally organized as a philanthropic organization under the administration of The Alvan Ikoku Philanthropies — a division of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC — and in coordination with The Chinyere and Chinelo Ikoku Foundation and The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Foundation.

Name

Section 1.13.0. The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs shall also be officially known under the business names, “The Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku Institute,” “The Alvan Azinna Ikoku Institute,” and “The Ikoku Institute.” All aforementioned names, as used in official Ikoku Institute documents, products, services, and sites, shall refer to the same aforementioned organizational entity.

Coordination

Section 1.14.0. Where provided for under law, and authorized and administered solely by the Founder, The Ikoku Institute shall therefore coordinate with the following entities:

1.14.1. Ikoku Institute
The Alvan Ikoku Institute;
1.14.2. Ikoku University
The Alvan Ikoku University;
1.14.3. Ikoku Philanthropies
The Alvan Ikoku Philanthropies;
1.14.4. Ikoku Foundations
The Ikoku Foundations;
1.14.5. Ikoku Trusts
The Ikoku Charitable Trusts.

Structure

Section 1.15.0. The Ikoku Institute shall thus be structured to carry out efforts in the aforementioned areas, and to ultimately fulfill its founding mission to practice, research, and teach humane global relations, including its benefits to lives and societies.

Conclusion

— Conditions and Terms

— 1.16.1. All of the aforementioned in this section shall constitute the Conditions and Terms of Founding of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs (the “Conditions and Terms of Founding” and “Conditions of Founding”) and shall form an integral part of the Conditions and Terms of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, the Codes and Policies of The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs, as well as The Ikoku Institute Conduct and Service Agreement you may enter into with The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs.

— Concerns and Questions

— 1.16.2. Please report any concerns about code or policy violations, and send any questions you may have regarding the Conditions of Founding or The Ikoku Institute Conduct and Service Agreement, to policies@ikokuphilanthropies.com.

— Concluding

— 1.16.3. And as a concluding aviso and proviso, you are informed as well as reminded of the following:

1.16.3.1. Concluding, Agreeing
that by commencing or continuing any conduct or service relating to The Alvan Ikoku Institute for International Affairs — in any way, either directly or indirectly, and via any manner, means, method, or mode — you shall enter into The Ikoku Institute Conduct and Service Agreement and shall abide by and be legally bound by the Policy conditions, principles, protections, and terms described above, and the Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification or severability, as amended from time to time solely by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku;
1.16.3.2. Concluding, Construing
and that nothing in this Policy or in the Codes and Policies — and no conduct or service relating to The Ikoku Institute or the Founder — shall be construed or interpreted by any entity, office, or person as in any way allowing, authorizing, awarding, contracting, delegating, distributing, dividing, donating, duplicating, making free or public, or otherwise sharing any aspect of The Ikoku Institute or of its administration, ownership, or equivalent, all of which shall be and remain under the sole administration and ownership of the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
World on Arm, Ohio, USA (Don Ross III)
World on Paper, Kiev, Ukraine (Marjan Blan)
World on Textile, California, USA (Tim Mossholder)
World on Wood (Brett Zeck)

Also at the Institute

The Ikoku Institute is dedicated to affairs of foreign, global and international concern as they pertain to interest, knowledge, and policy — in Africa and across the globe. And so in accordance with the above, the Institute provides the following:

I.

Global Interest

An institute that studies and serves foreign, international and ultimately global interest in Africa and co-existing polities — via attention to issues in governance, industry, law, and politics that affect lives and societies across and within borders.

II.

Global Knowledge

An institute that seeks to advance foreign, international and ultimately global knowledge of Africa and co-existing polities — via attention to issues in education, information, and research that inform lives and societies across and within borders.

III.

Global Policy

An institute that furthers foreign, international and ultimately global policies for Africa and co-existing polities — via attention to constitutional, cooperative, and covenantal forms and reforms that govern lives and societies across and within borders.

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